Nature - Professional

Adrian Davis USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Sensual Stone" Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

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Annie Katz USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Iceberg (2)" An iceberg in Northern Svalbard, backlit & iridescent against the sky.

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Pallon Daruwala India 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "the veil" The stem and husk of a palm tree ...or a veiled, windswept face?

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Andre Boto Portugal Honorable Mention "Hole" The nature provides some really interesting shapes and textures like this hole near a beach.

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Michael Venz New Zealand Honorable Mention "Mite Peak" A setting sun causes Mitre Peak to cast a reflection in a tidal pool.

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Tom D. Jones Belgium Honorable Mention "Drought 1" Many species are suffering because of drought. We need to cherish our water supplies...

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Gio Alma USA Honorable Mention "Antelope Skeleton / Leaf" Antelope Canyon Utah USA, dreary day, Jan 2017

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Pamela Pauline Australia Honorable Mention "Under the Weather" Storm over Sydney, Anzac Day 2015, a fitting end to the 100th commemoration of the Anzac Experience.

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Jessica Cardelucci USA Honorable Mention "Ripples" A wave crashes along the California coast

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Patricia Jarvis USA Honorable Mention "Franz Josef" Early morning decision at the Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand.

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Terri Gold USA Honorable Mention "Mysterious Sossusvlei Dunes" The word Sossusvlei literally translates to “dead end.

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Lou Fischer USA Honorable Mention "Cedar Pass Badlands" Badland sunset

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Anastasia Woolmington Australia Honorable Mention "At the end of the world" Strong winds from Antarctica cause trees to grow in unusual shapes at Southern New Zealand

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Michael Venz New Zealand Honorable Mention "Just One Tree" Early morning mist shrouds the lone tree growing in the lake

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Dylan Fox Australia Honorable Mention "Resting Place" A large boulder, resting peacefully in between to cliff faces on the West Australian Coastline.

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Steve Turner Australia Honorable Mention "Storm Front" Start of the wet season tropical far North Queensland Australia.

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Harry Koester Germany Honorable Mention ""Wadden Sea #1"" Free project "Wadden Sea" - The Wadden Sea National Park from above.

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George Kavanagh Ireland Honorable Mention "mist avenue"

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Jano Stovka Slovak Republic Honorable Mention "supermoon"

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David Gubernick USA Honorable Mention " Wings of Light" Oceano Dunes, California. Image was taken during daylight and made into B&W to look like nighttime.

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Andrea Jones USA Honorable Mention "Glorious" Skógafoss waterfall is one of the biggest and most beautiful waterfalls in Iceland.

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Thomas Kokta USA Honorable Mention "SaltPilesBolivia" Salt Piles are illuminated by the moon at 4am

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Matthew James Smith USA Honorable Mention "The Good Land" Hasselblad 503CW

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Charles Bush USA Honorable Mention "Foggy Cypress Stumps" Cypress Stumps in the Atchafalaya Basin on a Foggy Morning

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Carol Horigan USA Honorable Mention "Silence / Blizzard" A lone tree visible during a blizzard at 12,000 ft in the New Mexico Rockies

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Pedro Noel da Luz Guerreiro Portugal Honorable Mention "Into the Sky" After a large fire that hit the Monchique mountain range, Algarve region in Portugal last summer, the trees that survived try to recover, always towards the sky.

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Paul Edmundson Norway Honorable Mention "Abstraction" A study of how light affects the forms of running water.

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Carmen Spitznagel Germany Honorable Mention "dancer"

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Ruud Peters France Honorable Mention "Water sculpture"

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Aaron Feinberg USA Nominee "Celestial Chase" Northern California

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Aaron Feinberg USA Nominee "Morning Mists" Yosemite National Park, California

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Ady Kerry UK Nominee "Winchelsea Beach" A wave breaks on the groynes at Winchelsea Beach, East Sussex.

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Alexandre Manuel Portugal Nominee "Shrine study : the island" Shrine in build in a sacred island taken in Japan

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Alexandre Manuel Portugal Nominee "mystic mountain" i try to take a diferent picture that it was done before, of huanshan mountain

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Alexandre Manuel Portugal Nominee "tribute to Huangshan" Taken in China, one peak among thousands

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Ali Ihtiyar Canada Nominee "ihtiyar-ali_isolated" This photo present about isolation in the human space and how these moments are understood and felt in nature. These moments allude to isolation with the texture of trees, with the context of time and

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Aman Chotani India Nominee "Ladakh Stars" Ladakh Night Landscape, India

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Andre Boto Portugal Nominee "Rocks" A long exposure of 180 seconds it´s enough to show the shapes of the rocks.

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Andre Boto Portugal Nominee "Shapes" The nature, shapes and lines.

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Anna Kadykova Russia Nominee "Pinhole" Up in the mountains near Sheregesh village, Siberia, Russia

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Barbara Zanon Italy Nominee "Switzerland iced Lake"

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Barry Schein USA Nominee "Devils Tower"

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Brett Howard Nelson USA Nominee "Winter Walkway" Mukilteo, Washington, USA. February 6, 2017. Leica photography.

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Brian Tobin USA Nominee "Morning Fog (1)" Distant tree hidden amongst the fog .

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Burt Crapo USA Nominee "Tenaya Canyon from Glacier Point" The view from Glacier Point is incredible. In this shot you can see Tenaya Canyon, North Dome (left

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Celeste McKenzie South Africa Nominee "!Xaus Salt Pan Southern Kalahari, South Africa" !Xaus Salt Pan grows 1cm a year, !Xaus means ‘heart’: a symbol of reconciliation between the traditional San and Mier communities.

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Charles Bush USA Nominee "Swamp Ghosts" Cypress Stumps in the Atchafalaya Basin on a Foggy Morning

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Charlotte Gibb USA Nominee "Gibb_Charlotte_Stand_Together" These trees stood in solidarity again the onslaught of Spring runoff.

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Chris Sattlberger USA Nominee "The Estuary" mudflats on the Severn estuary, UK

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Christopher Brown USA Nominee "On the Road"

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Christopher Brown USA Nominee "Steps through Ice"

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Daniel Holmes USA Nominee "A Wing of Stone" A solitary stone wing flys in badlands of New Mexico.

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Daniel Holmes USA Nominee "Hidden Oak" Winter patterns in branch and trunk that in summer are hidden by a green canopy. Growing in the bot

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David Gubernick USA Nominee "Cathedral Spires" Foggy, wet morning in Yosemite Valley created a prehistoric feeling of the mountains

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Dawn Benko USA Nominee "Seeing the Forest for the Bubbles" The forest is reflected in bubbles on a small stream in High Point State Park in New Jersey.

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Dawn Benko USA Nominee "Snow Trees" Snow sticks to the sides of trees after an early November Storm in Stokes State Forest, Montague, NJ.

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Denis Gadbois Canada Nominee "Molokai Sole tree 2" Right time right cloud

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Dennis Frates USA Nominee "Monster Wave" Off shore wind blowing tops of waves. As seen from Hookalpa Lookout. Maui, Hawaii

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Dennis Frates USA Nominee "Bobby Socks" Bobby Socks trees, fog and sunrise in Fountain Paint Pots. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

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Dietmar Tallroth Finland Nominee "Birch Cubism I" Dahurian Birch Tree Study I

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Dimitri Kouznetsov Switzerland Nominee "Touch of light" Ilford Delta 4x5". This shot is possible a very limited number days in a year, because it requires (i) position of sun to make selective illumination and (ii) exceptionally dry weather to avoid...

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Dimitri Kouznetsov Switzerland Nominee "Moonset at mountain lake" Ilford Delta 100 4x5". On-film multi exposure at and after moonset, multi flash

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Ed Cooley USA Nominee "Mountains and Mist"

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Ed Cooley USA Nominee "The Fairy Tree"

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Francesco Bosso Italy Nominee "Diamond 4" A dramatic beauty hides behind these gigantic “fragments” of glaciers” melting fast

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Gabrielle Robinson USA Nominee "No title" Contrasting Massif

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Gabrielle Robinson USA Nominee "In My Glory"

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Garry Wapshott Australia Nominee "T HE DELIGHTFUL TREES CLOSE TO PIZA"

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George Tsimbouksis Greece Nominee "Meteora 01" Meteora Rocks , Greece

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George Tsimbouksis Greece Nominee "Meteora 03" Meteora Rocks , Greece

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George Kavanagh Ireland Nominee "bird on cliff face"

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Glen McClure USA Nominee "The Wave, Dunmanus Bay, Ireland" Monster wave at Kilcrohane, Dunmanus Bay, County Cork, Ireland

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Glyn Davies UK Nominee "Silver Lining" Through the ominous blanket burst incredible light ladders reflected in an isolated sand pool

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Harry Koester Germany Nominee ""Wadden Sea #2"" Free project "Wadden Sea" - The Wadden Sea National Park from above.

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Helen Trenerry Australia Nominee "Power" Power of Nature - Bombo Quarry, NSW

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Iain Morton Australia Nominee "Lending Support" Dip Falls, Tasmania, Australia

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Ilva Beretta Italy Nominee "The Salt of the Earth"

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Jack Clark Canada Nominee "Jack Clark December Sky"

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Jamie Leasure USA Nominee "Canyon Moon" The moon rises over the Grand Canyon in the early evening sky

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Jane Gottlieb USA Nominee "Pink Oaks" How I see!

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Jeff Stasney USA Nominee "724978" Maroon Bells, CO-2016

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Jens Honore USA Nominee "Norcia, Italy" A misty morning in the mountains outside Norcia in Italy.

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Jessica Cardelucci USA Nominee "Wind and Sea" Patterns in the sea along Point Reyes National Seashore, CA

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Jiri Jiroutek Czech Republic Nominee "Ohre"

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JoAnn Sieburg-Baker USA Nominee "My Backyard"

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JoAnn Sieburg-Baker USA Nominee "Pine Tree Cathedral"

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Joe Patronite USA Nominee "Meteor night" Full moon, milky way and trail across the sky during meteor shower, Sonoran desert, Arizona 2016.

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Joel Simpson USA Nominee "Mud Mosaic Mixed Media" The floor of Bisti Wilderness is a vast canvas of provocative forms, all from mud mosaics.

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Joerg Barkholz Germany Nominee "Foggy Lake" Branch reflected in the lake with fog arising

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John Orcutt USA Nominee "Blanchard mountain with Sympathetic Rock-MHTsp153"

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Jon Glaser USA Nominee "Shadows Secluded" Located in Arizona, this slot canyon was a spectacular change from the normal one you see in Antelop

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Jon Glaser USA Nominee "Patterns in the Sand" Photographed in 2013, but only processed recently because I didnt know what it wanted to be..

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Jung-Chan Liao Taiwan Nominee "Feathers of The Wind"

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Katarina Premfors United Arab Emirates Nominee "New Year" 1/1/2017: Dubai. UAE. The first sunrise of the new year 2017. Photographed in the desert outside Dub

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Kirsten Heer Germany Nominee "Slate Hill in front of Easdale Island" West Coast of Scotland

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Kris Chappell Canada Nominee "DeLiveraNce "

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Lance Carter USA Nominee "Yellowstone Quills" Dead trees in Yellowstone NP.

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Lee Scott USA Nominee "Starry Night and Yosemite Flow" Upper Yosemite Falls flows full under a starry sky of light clouds.

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Liyun Yu USA Nominee "Forming of Cloud System"

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Liz Keeler USA Nominee "Canyonlands Summer Landscape" Canyonlands National Park

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Louis Montrose USA Nominee "Arbol de Piedra" In the Bolivian Altiplano

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Louis Gaillard France Nominee "Low tide"

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Louis Gaillard France Nominee "Pine and rhododendrons" Image taken from a work on the parks in winter

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Luigi Barbano USA Nominee "Cloud Of Light"

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Luigi Barbano USA Nominee "Hope"

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Luigi Barbano USA Nominee "Light and Darkness"

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Luigi Barbano USA Nominee "Moment Of Choice"

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Luigi Barbano USA Nominee "Rolling Clouds"

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Luke Tscharke Australia Nominee "Crescent Cave" Crescent Head Sea Cave

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Margo Taussig Pinkerton USA Nominee "Blowin' in the Wind"

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Mark Seawell USA Nominee "Devils Garden" A very special place in the Utah desert, the Devils Garden and the Metake Arch formed after millions of years of erosion.

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Mark Seawell USA Nominee "Desert Lines" The Valley of Fire and lines in the desert

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Mark Kelly Australia Nominee "mr_squiggle"

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Markku Lahdesmaki USA Nominee "Under the Supermoon_6" Image of the passing train in the desert during the Supermoon November 2016.

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Markku Lahdesmaki USA Nominee "Under the Supermoon_2" Image of a passing car in the desert during the Supermoon November 2016.

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Martin Steenhaut Belgium Nominee "Divine Lights" Fantastic light after a thunderstorm in Spain

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Maureen Ruddy Burkhart USA Nominee "Gobi Desert Detail" Detail of Gobi Desert Sands, Inner Mongolia, China

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Melanie-Jane Frey France Nominee "The rock" California, USA - Hand made coated with brushes Platinum Palladium prints on Arches Platine Paper

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Michael McLaughlin Ireland Nominee "Natures Folds" Zabriskie Point, Death Valley,California

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Michael Stoklos USA Nominee "Puffy Clouds over Tucson AZ" Puffy clouds over teh Santa Catalina Mnts in Tucson AZ from the infrared camera

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Nico Garstman Netherlands Nominee "Stormwaves" Feb 2017 Port of Rotterdam

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Pamela Pauline Australia Nominee "Lone Surfer" A lone surfer leaves the surf just before the storm hits, Sydney Australia.

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PATRICIA DINU USA Nominee "Roaring Earth"

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Paul Edmundson Norway Nominee "A Study Of Trees" A study of trees and abstract motion.

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Paul Edmundson Norway Nominee "Nature's Shapes" A study of the shapes water make in long exposure.

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Paul Edmundson Norway Nominee "Spirit Of Life" A study of how light affects the forms of running water.

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Pete McCutchen USA Nominee "Denali Two"

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Peter Meyer Australia Nominee "The Wave (1)" Blown by the prevailing South Easterly winds, a sandblow slowly engulfs any vegetation in its path.

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Petros Nikolaides Cyprus Nominee "MARS" Iceland, March 2017

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Petros Nikolaides Cyprus Nominee "THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA" Faroe Islands, March 2017

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Robert Pearson Czech Republic Nominee "Lake Isabela CA 2016 #1"

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Robert Pearson Czech Republic Nominee "Lake Isabela CA 2106 #3"

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Robert Maynard UK Nominee "Black Forest "

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Sam Nerrie Australia Nominee "Nerrie-Sam_Trees_In_Mist" The mist on cold mornings gives the landscape an ethereal appearance.

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Samuel Feron France Nominee "Falling Stars" An Aurora Borealis in Iceland, February 2017, with two falling stars occurring during the shoot.

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Samuel Feron France Nominee "River 1"

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Seth Mayer USA Nominee "Eye of the Sea" Low tide on the San Diego coast expose wonderful elements.

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Silvio Balestra Italy Nominee "Balestra silvio_Fortuitous intrusion_serie nature Black Fore" Germany Black Forest

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Simon Puschmann Germany Nominee "Crossing the Andes Mountains" Shot on a flight from Santiago de Chile to Paris somewhere over the Andes Mountains

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Stavros Charisopoulos Greece Nominee "Haifoss"

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Stefan Kuhn Germany Nominee "Paris St. Germain"

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Stefano Ciol Italy Nominee "inverno a Barcis F"

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Stefano Ciol Italy Nominee "Il Casel nella vigna a Versutta di Pasolini"

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Stefano Ciol Italy Nominee "inverno a Barcis E"

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Steve Gosling UK Nominee "Dragons Teeth" Photographed at Clogher Head on the west coast of Ireland

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Steve Gosling UK Nominee "Hanging On" A fallen tree clings on to life at the side of Derwentwater

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Steve Gosling UK Nominee "Llynau Mymbyr Dawn" The view towards Snowdon, North Wales

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Steve Gosling UK Nominee "Standing Proud" A lone tree at Llyn Padarn, North Wales

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Stone Peng USA Nominee "Black and White" right place at right time

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Susan Brunner Switzerland Nominee "Kloentalersee" Montainlake in Switzerland

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Sylvia Doeleman Netherlands Nominee "in the forest lll"

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Terri Gold USA Nominee "Deadvlei in Namibia" The Scorched Tree Skeletons of the Namib Desert

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Theresa Scarbrough USA Nominee "Mashland"

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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee "AuroraAndWaterfall" RareNorthernLightsoverWaterfall

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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee "Iceberg (1)" Dramatic Iceberg Shape in Antarctica

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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee "MilkyWay" Milky Way and Quiver Tree in Namibia

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Toni Sergio Carbone Italy Nominee "Drive past barriers" Tanaro the river overflows, flooding a forest of poplars.

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Valerii Tkachenko Ukraine Nominee "Sunrise in France Alps" This photo was taken in La Cluaze France in the morning before skiing.

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Vasiliy Ryabovol Russia Nominee "Trees"

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Vito Finocchiaro Italy Nominee "SOUTH ETNA: Phreatic explosion " South Etna, 2500 meters high. Spectacular and violent, phreatomagmatic explosion within the Bove Val

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Wendi Schneider USA Nominee "Lily Pads II" States of Grace: Flora - pigment ink on vellum over white gold leaf - balancing the real and the imagined to illuminate the grace of nature's organic forms.

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Wendi Schneider USA Nominee "Lily Pads" States of Grace: Flora - pigment ink on vellum over white gold leaf - balancing the real and the imagined to illuminate the grace of nature's organic forms.

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Wendi Schneider USA Nominee "Locust" States of Grace: Flora - pigment ink on vellum over white gold leaf - balancing the real and the imagined to illuminate the grace of nature's organic forms. Old Fort, NC

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